Biography
Ann Weaver Hart previously served as president of the University of New Hampshire and provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Claremont Graduate University, in Claremont, California. Her prior appointments include professor of educational leadership, dean of the Graduate School and special assistant to the president at the University of Utah.
She received B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Utah. Her research interests include leadership succession and development, work redesign and organizational behavior in educational organizations, and academic freedom. She has published more than 85 articles and book chapters, and five books and edited volumes.
Throughout her career, Dr. Hart has been actively involved in leadership roles in numerous professional and service organizations. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and as a member of APLU's Commission on International Programs, which she previously chaired. She currently serves on the executive committee of the Board of Directors of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Chamber's CEO Council for Growth. She is a member of the boards of Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, where she serves as chair of the Human Resource and Compensation Committee; the Philadelphia African American Museum; the Avenue of the Arts, Inc.; and the Pennsylvania Women's Forum. Dr. Hart co-chairs Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's Council for College and Career Success.
"...we can all look forward to Temple University's future with the assurance that this institution will always serve its students, its city, the commonwealth, and the world in the manner in which it was intended by those who gave so much to make its first 125 years possible."
In addition to her academic and administrative work, Dr. Hart has been a consultant to many educational institutions, universities and nonprofit organizations both nationally and internationally. She is the recipient of a number of professional and community service awards, including the Jack Culbertson Award in Educational Administration from the University Council for Educational Administration; the Outstanding Professional Award from the Business and Professional Women's Foundation; the PoWeR Award from the Professional Women's Roundtable; the 2009 Champion of Diversity and Access Award from the Urban STEM Strategy Group; and the Outstanding Community Service Award from the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
